Word: gehrmann
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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...Chicago's Bankers Mile, Don Gehrmann, of Wisconsin, who had spent most of the week in the infirmary with a cold, broke ahead of a field of four...
Something Wrong. Gehrmann wasted no time looking back. The loudspeaker told him what he wanted to know: at the half, he heard his time (2:02), noted that Willy Slykhuis was second, pressing close. Ingvar Bengtsson, loaded with penicillin for abscessed teeth, had faded fast and was out of the running...
...caught Gehrmann just getting down to his mark. He had to pour it on to catch up, but at the quarter the red Wisconsin jersey was out in front-in 59.5. Track veterans, remembering Gil Dodds's windmill style, were struck by the contrast; like a good rumba dancer, Gehrmann hardly moved from the waist up. He was all legs, eating up the boards with a long (8½ ft.), smooth and relaxed stride. Crumpled in his right hand, Gehrmann clutched something blue-a handkerchief, for luck...
...eighth lap, the Dutchman seized the lead. Then something really went wrong with the calculations of Wisconsin's Gehrmann; his time at the three-quarters mark, with Willy still out in front, was 3:08, four seconds more than he had planned. Said Gehrmann later: "I knew then that I couldn't beat 4:05.3. I figured I might as well take it easy, and beat him in the stretch...
...Gehrmann did. Entering the 34-yd. stretch, he went up on his toes like a sprinter, passed Slykhuis with 5 yards to go, broke the tape a foot in front. Time: 4:09.5. Said Gehrmann after he had caught his breath: "I'm sorry my time wasn't better. My pacing was a little off tonight...